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Originally Posted by NovaScotian
Thank you all for your replies...Much Apperciated.
Yes, I was told the car was on the lot for a few days. I noticed digital white bars on the left side of the tach showing 2 or 3 bars when I started. By the time I returned to the dealer it looked as if there only 2 bars missing from the Max reading. I assume this was the Hybrid Battery status.
The dealer told me they had 750KM (465 Miles) from the first tank doing test drives. Thats seems good to me having a variety of drivers behind the wheel. I hope to do much better than that when mine arrives. I'm hoping a tank will provide me an average of 1000 KM (600 Miles) per tank. If my driving is 50/50 city/highway, after I adapt to being good hybrid driver.
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Hi,
If, when you took the car for a test drive, there was only 2-3 bars for the battery level, for sure the car will not autostop. The battery level was too low. Probably, while driving there was always 2-3 greens bars showing the battery was getting charge while driving.
Unless you always fill up gaz to the cap and drive it until there is no dot on your fuel level, you will probably have hard time getting 1000km every tank. It's not impossible but most likely, it will be more in the 900km figure.
On my current tank (best one so far), I average 4.6L/100KM and have 655km on it. My fuel level is a bit over 1/4 of gaz left in my tank. I drive it very carrefuly in order to maintain that 4.6 and I still hope to get 4.5 before my next fillup.
To get in EV mode, have the instant L/100km showing, drive to a constant speed. To be easy, let say 30km/h and just perfom a little depress on the accelerator and when you see the instant L/100km dropping to zero, push back slowly on the accelerator. First to have the regen bar going away and after, you should see assist bar 2 or 3 max for that speed. If the instant L/100km is still to 0, you're in EV. If you press too much, the engine will re-engage. But with a little practice, it will get easy.
But I really love my car...